LAHORE, June 25: Bay mare Mud House posted her maiden victory to emerge as the best performer of the day/night Lahore Summer Meeting which also marked the end of the 2011-12 season at the floodlit Racecourse here on Sunday evening.
The mare, named after the stud farm Mud House, put up a smashing show to win by a big margin of over eight lengths to present first success to owner Syed Zia-ul-Qamar Shah.
Chal Samney, Morning Glory and Mastani completed the frame among 13 runners.
Arbab Aamir Ayub Khan’s long shot mare Desert Flame landed a game success in the supporting event by inflicting a rude shock on thepunters when their well-backed mare Nishat Malook and filly Royal Fairy both failed to make any impression on the winner in the home stretch.
The last-minute change of rider on Desert Flame with jockey A. Raza replacing Waleed Hassan saw the mare score a start-to-finish victory.
Raza managed to register a lucrative double since earlier he had piloted home Fakhr-e-Danial in the sixth and the feature race defeating favourite bay filly Bon Voyage.
Bay colt Red Star won the second race that looked a fixed affair as in the straight chestnut colt, Bakoo’s rider Taimur Saleem seemed to be content with the second spot and let Red Star win the race. The Lahore Race Club (LRC) stewards promptly suspended Taimur from riding in races for three months.
Midway through the proceedings a dust storm hit Lahore followed by scattered light showers that gave some respite to the racing fans.
Results:THE DECENT PLATE CLASS VII DIV IV-C 900M:Shorty (Babar Iqbal) 8-10, Taimur Saleem 1; Good Boy 7-12, Junaid Younis 2; V. Tec 9-0, Riaz Hussain 3; Happy Baby 9-0, Zameer 4.Won by 6 L, ¾ L, 3¼ L. Time one minute 1 1/5 seconds. Winner trained by owner.THE DECENT PLATE CLASS VII DIV IV-B 900M:Red Star (Shahbaz Ali Butt) 8-6, Pervez Bhatti 1; Bakoo 9-0, Taimur Saleem 2; Gul-e-Zara 8-6, Junaid Younis 3; Come On Lady 8-2, Shafqat 4.Won by 1¾ L, 8½ L, 1¼ L. Time one minute 1 seconds. Winner trained by Mohammad Hanif.THE DECENT PLATE CLASS VII DIV IV-A 900M:Mud House (Syed Zia-ul-Qamar Shah) 8-12, S.A. Qaiser 1; Chal Samney 9-0, Ali Raza 2; Morning Glory 9-0, Adeel Ahmed 3; Mastani 8-8, Shafqat 4.Won by 8½ L, 1½ L, 1¾ L. Time one minute zero second. Winner trained by Qaiser.THE DECENT PLATE CLASS VII DIV III 900M:Jameel Choice (Ameer Haider) 8-10, Taimur Saleem 1; Home Child 7-10, M. Jahangir 2; Lucky Sohna 8-2, Shafqat 3; Geo Shan Se 9-0, S.A. Qaiser 4.Won by 1½ L, Neck, Short-head. Time one minute 6 1/5 seconds. Winner trained by Liaquat Ali.THE DECENT PLATE CLASS VII DIV II 1,000M:Bunty (Chaudhry Mohammad Qasim) 8-12, M. Zulfiqar 1; Good Looking 8-10, Bilal Ahmed 2; Shan-e-Tariq 7-10, Zameer 3; Golden Spectra 8-4, Shafqat 4.Won by Neck, 4 L, 9½ L. Time one minute 3 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by A.B. Malik.THE CONFLICT PLATE CLASS V DIV III 1,000M:Fakhr-e-Danial (Chaudhry Qamar Iqbal) 8-10, A. Raza 1; Bon Voyage 8-6, M. Hanif 2; Boneka 9-0, Bilal Ahmed 3; Naked Venus 8-2, Pervez Bhatti 4.Won by 1½ L, 9 L, Distance. Time one minute 2 seconds. Winner trained by Amjad Ali II.THE DECENT PLATE CLASS VI DIV I 1,000M:Desert Flame (Arbab Aamir Ayub Khan) 8-4, A. Raza 1; Nishat Malook 9-0, Aamir Pervez 2; Royal Fairy 8-6, Bilal Ahmed 3; Gee Gee 9-0, M. Hanif 4.Won by 1¾ L, 3½ L, 2 L. Time one minute 1 second. Winner trained by Abdul Rasheed.THE DECENT PLATE CLASS VI DIV II 1,000M:Pawan Prince (Shahid Mahmood) 9-0, Aftab Chaudhry 1; Rapid Flow 8-6, Bilal Ahmed 2; Fakhr-e-Shaheen 9-0, M. Zulfiqar 3; Brave Zoia 9-0, M. Hanif 4.Won by 4 L, 1 L, 1¾ L. Time one minute 1 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by Mohammad Afzal.